Résumé

Professional Profile

Innovative and efficient developer with over 20 years of experience in business and
engineered solutions. Possesses an in-depth understanding of software and
hardware interfacing. Regularly performs every aspect of software development
from inception through the release of products, including specification,
testing, accurate and understandable documentation, marketing, and providing
on-site startup and training.
Developed customized software for hundreds of clients, over 30 of which are Fortune 500 companies.

Experience

Self-Employed

Apr 2010 - Present

Developing internet-based, client-server, and desktop software solutions for small businesses. Primary projects are web apps for managing businesses such as for e-commerce, billing, patient tracking, and student scheduling.

Provided office and industrial automation for a manufacturer of magnetically encoded and personalized products such as credit cards. Developed B2C and B2B eCommerce systems for the manufacturing, fulfillment, and shipping of products. Developed EDI systems for exchanges with banks. Developed a unified multi-user system integrating different manufacturing processes including incoming data transformation, job control, scheduling, billing, logging, optical product detection, machine vision for logging and quality control, production reconciliation, and machine data exchange. Credited with reducing
manufacturing start-up errors from >20% to <0.5%. Designed and implemented an automatic printing and application process with ten times the speed of the previous system. Trained and mentored others in the use of various software applications and languages.

Developed software applications and engineered solutions for a large manufacturer of instrumentation and control equipment for industrial automation. Authored over 20 production and custom software applications used by hundreds of clients. Typical applications ranged from PC desktop programs for integrated hardware systems requiring communications and data reporting to large complex utilities monitoring and energy management billing systems. The applications perform tasks such as converting, displaying, and logging data from peripheral and remote devices, displaying graphics, remotely configuring devices, and reporting. Developed numerous products for the integration of PCs with instrumentation and control equipment for desktop and internet/intranet applications. Developed custom firmware for proprietary devices. Performed on-site startup, training, and technical support. Trained others in the use of multiple technologies and languages.

Software Developer

1994 - 1995

Tennessee Nuclear Corporation

Collaborated with a hardware developer to create a Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) workstation for medical use.
Developed software to interface with MRI hardware and generate graphics for display.
Documented hardware design and interfacing.

Conducted experiments using the accelerator, ultra-high vacuum system, spectrometers, and support equipment. Developed software to analyze data collected by monitoring equipment. Wrote the Operating Procedures and Equipment Familiarization Manual. Operated, modified, installed, and repaired the accelerator and instrumentation.

Technical proficiency and organizational abilities in Instrumentation and Control Systems and thorough knowledge of equipment, procedures, evaluation, upgrading, testing, troubleshooting, repairing, and maintenance requirements of electronic and electrical systems and their components.